St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-09-22

attract the most attention and they
include some recent importations from
England, notably a handsome buck,
probably the best in the state. A. o.
g. j. Bemis, Lyndon, show seven pens
of handsome Southdowns; William
Higgins of st. Johnsbury fine lot of
Cotswold William Russelow two pens
of fine wool Merinoes c. Fl. and w.
F. Woods grade eve and buck lambs !;
Wilbur Nelson of Barnet, grade eve
lambs and a fine year old buck NJ. L..
Hovey & Co., of Kirby show grade
yearling ewes, lambs and Cotswold
buck, and couple pens of breeding
ewes; j. d. Gould of Passumpsic shows
grade buck lamb and ewes r. P. Har-
vey of Barnet shows three pens, grade
lamb and buck and breeding ewes; g..
G. Lawrence of Waterford shows lot
of breeding ewes, lambs and buck
lamb grades.
The number and variety of horses
on exhibition this year gives evidence
of the attention that horse breeding is
receiving at the hands of Vermonters.
A complete report of this department
would Outstretch our limits a few
words about the horses whose owners
could be found on the ground must
suffice. E. G. Carpenter of Lyndon
Vile shows the we'll known stallion,
Darlington Chief, registered standard
7Ol7, that attracted good deal of at
tention among horse men ; l. H. Hall
of Lyndon, stallion Cassius III. Clay
and half dozen of his get; w. S. Bal
ley of East Hardwick, stallion Volun
teer Columbus and Golden, with re-
cord of 22S4, by Dan Lambert, which
took the second premium at the state
breeders meeting at Rutland, and also
others of good blood, including a year
ling colt that won second money at
Rutland in a field of eight yearling
colts; G.. H. Kingsbury of Danville,
stallion Tiger, whose dam was Ken
lucky Morgan Henry Chase, stallion
General Chase E. g. T. Fairbanks, a
handsome pair of draft horses and two
colts, one sired by Darlington Chief
and one by Harry Allen. A. j. Wig
gins, breeding mare and colt and
yearling Morgan; D. B. Cushing 2
year-old stallion colt; James Gilfillan,
mare and colt, and VIM. Gilfillan,
mare. A. G.. Farmer of East Burke,
pair of matched horses sired by Grey
Eagle j. D. Brigham of West Con-
cord, colt sired by Addison Lambert,
weight 1O4O. George 1. Higgins of
West Concord two fine Wilkes colts.
Emmett Hill of West Concord 5-year-
old sired by Judge Brigham, also 2
year old sired by Rex Patchen.-Fami-
ly horses Ora Drew, 3year-Old mare,
weight 1140 and yearling gelding.
Harvey Fisher of Waterford number
of GOldfinder's colts. Jonathan Ross
showed his mare Princess, by Clifford
Morgan, filly by Golden. d. X. Wake
field of Danville, Topsy, by son of Old
St. Lawrence.
| swine.
The exhibit of swine is not very ex-
tensive. w. L. SWEET of Danville has
Poland China boar, SOW and pigs and
Berkshire boar; A. o. Harris of Lyn-
don has two Chester bOars.
Poultry.
The poultry exhibit was fully up to
the standard of preceding years. B.
K. & r. b. Graves have an extended
display of Cochins, Brahmas, Plymouth
Rocks, Pekin ducks, Toulouse geese,
etc. w. l.. SWEET shows lot of Cay
uga ducks, pigeons, geese, etc. j. w.
Church has some Crested ducks and
B. F. Weeks, Cayugas. A. A. Miles
exhibits Toulouse geese, bronze tur
keys, etc., and t. I'll. Underwood makes
an extensive show of game and Wyan-
dOtte chicks and pigeons. Among the
latter are pair of imported Jersey
Flippers or English Tumblers. G. l..
Stevens has number of pens of Ply
mouth Rocks; T. g. j. Stevenson of
West Barnet, HOudan fowls; III. F.
Phillips, Brahma fowls; Mark Meach
am, Leghorns; Harry Daniels, Cayu-
ga ducks, pigeons and White Leg
horn and Brahma fowls; j. S. Bandy,
Wyandotte, Leghorn and Brahma
fowls.
Vegetables.
The show of vegetables was good
notwithstanding the bad season for
potatoes and some other root crops.
S. d. Hastings shows a couple of big
squashes one of which weighs I37
pounds and the other 100. HI. N. Rob-
erts, G. j. Bowker, j. r. Galbraith, L.
G. Smith, show some pretty big pump
kins and D. E. Hartman, j. G.. Horn,
Ernest Caldbeck, G. HI. Farr and G. F.
Ore some fine looking squashes. The
show of apples is small, j. r. Galbraith
showing by far the greater variety.
E. p. Allen shows some good pears
and DR.. S. L. Brooks fine variety of
grapes. DR.. Brooks also has an ex-
tended display of garden vegetables. |
The display of potatoes is better than |
was expected III. r. White shows a
large variety of good ones and L. III.
Reed of Cabot 30 varieties, some of
them new. G. E. Sargent, b. F. Var
mum and G.. H. Cushman also make a
good show of potatoes. r. Bruce, j.